Test 8 · ★ · When the police come
Kieran: «my name's in the copper's book, I'm a proper criminal now lol». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kieran, I, my · What happens: be, name · To what, where: book
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 384 «When the police come» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: Kieran: «my name's in the copper's book, I'm a proper criminal now lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 book | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 book | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 book | punct |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 name | nmod:poss |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 book | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 book | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 book | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 copper | det |
| 9 | copper | copper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 book | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 copper | case |
| 11 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 criminal | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 criminal | nsubj |
| 14 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 criminal | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 criminal | det |
| 16 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 criminal | amod |
| 17 | criminal | criminal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 book | parataxis |
| 18 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 criminal | advmod |
| 19 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 17 criminal | discourse |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 criminal | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 book | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Kieran | the copper's book | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | now | criminal property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | name in a quote | my | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's famous now, everyone knows his name
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 famous | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 famous | cop |
| 3 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 famous | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 knows | punct |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 knows | nsubj |
| 7 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 famous | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 name | nmod:poss |
| 9 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 knows | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | now | famous property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | present | everyone | his name | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | name | his = he | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
It means he can't be told off any more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 told | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 told | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 told | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 told | aux:pass |
| 7 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 means | ccomp |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 told | compound:prt |
| 9 | any | any | ADV | _ | 10 more | advmod |
| 10 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 means | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not tell off speech: assert | can · passive | he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's a warning sign, not something to be proud of
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sign | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sign | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sign | det |
| 4 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | compound |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 something | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 something | advmod |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 sign | appos |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 proud | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 proud | cop |
| 11 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 something | acl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 proud | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a warning sign | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | proud property | tree rules |
Option 4
He'll get a cool gang name for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 name | det |
| 5 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 name | amod |
| 6 | gang | gang | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 name | compound |
| 7 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | He | a cool gang name | for name | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent name=Theme for it=Source |
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